India, July 18 -- Activist Sonam Wangchuk was removed from Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Saturday, where he had been on an indefinite hunger strike for the past 21 days, and was admitted to a hospital after his health reportedly deteriorated.

Wangchuk has been fasting to demand the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the alleged NEET paper leak.

The police further said, "While complying with the orders of Hon'ble High Court, the protestors tried to create obstruction, in which slight commotion ensued. However, police exercised maximum restraint and carried out the exercise safely."

Wangchuk was taken away from the protest site amid sloganeering by activists of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), the organisation le...